Harnessing the Power of Immunology to Heal Ourselves

Harnessing the Power of Immunology to Heal Ourselves - with Sheena Cruickshank

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4 жыл бұрын

How does our immune system work and how can it be manipulated to to develop new ways of healing our bodies?
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Our immune system has evolved to deal with a host of challenges, yet the microbes that can infect us have also developed ways to evade and manipulate host immunity. As we learn more about the complex interplay between immunology and the microbes that live in and on us, we are realising the potential we have to develop novel medicines and therapies to heal ourselves.
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Sheena Cruickshank is an immunologist and Professor in Biomedical Sciences and Public Engagement at the University of Manchester. She researches how immune responses of the gut are started as a result of infection and/or inflammation. Sheena is an award-winning science communicator.
This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 23 May 2019.
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@Tocsin-Bang 9 ай бұрын

My first job was in veterinary pathology, microbiology and immunology. My only published papers were on something now largely forgotten in immunology, namely conglutination and the conglutinating complement absorption test. Strange really because one of the most famous immunologists of the 20th century, R.R.A. Coombs, studied it for several years, R.R.A. Coombs and wrote about 30 papers and a book on the subject.

@nosnibor800 4 жыл бұрын

Sheena thank you so much for this, an excellent presentation. I have suffered IBD for 45 years and spent much time trying to understand it. During one episode 30 years ago, I was found to be full of blastocystis hominis. I shall send this link to a friend in the USA who has Crohns. You are a 5 star communicator. I am an Engineer not a Biologist and you have helped my understanding. Thanks.

@phage3252 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this knowledge.

@deeliciousplum 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful talk. Thank you for sharing this.

@italktoomuch6442 3 жыл бұрын

"So we are actually in a massive microbial soup right now. Go on, just breathe it in." Um. Sorry, I'd rather not given the circumstances.

@bernardofitzpatrick5403 4 жыл бұрын

Great lecturer and a fascinating lecture. Amazing!

@randomculprits 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic talk.

@3ATIVE 4 жыл бұрын

Who knew... Gwyneth Paltrow sure knows her stuff when comes to the immune system. I bet Tony was so proud.

@jonathanedwardgibson 4 жыл бұрын

Too clever by half.

@Nerdy_Family 4 жыл бұрын

I scroll down to comment part. Looking for this kind of joke.

@3ATIVE 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nerdy_Family and I'm glad you found it. 😁

@jonathanedwardgibson 4 жыл бұрын

The real joke is associating Paltrow with actual science.

@iambiggus 4 жыл бұрын

Next immune system booster from Goop! A magical magical item that you insert into an unmentionable orifice after speaking to it in gentle and encouraging tones.

@bibigail2707 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing presentation

@irasanchez1265 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@edgarguzman4667 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to ligth up curiosity in this sensite and elegant presentation!

@fernandopenavivero 4 жыл бұрын

¹111

@raghu45 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, Sheena! Your asking those present in your talk to shake hands at the outset and later on disclosing that they exchanged millions of those teensy tiny thingys sort of set me thinking! Of course basic decency dissuaded you to not refer to things beyond hand shakes & arm pits, but then I realised I've been intimate with my partner in ways that has gone way way beyond hand shakes, if you know what I mean! And indulging in that over decades, LoL! 🙃🤭 Then I recalled viewing another educational video on human brain & how we have different centers dedicated to our different functions and urges. So I feel, ok what controls my T cells & B cells, comes from an entirely different mind set, from what attends to my other needs. Even microbiologists & cancer specialists, with all their awareness do indulge and so it is fine with me too ... if u know what I mean 😄.

@th3maz1ngwotchannel10 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your meal !!! :-), Seriously this talk was very interesting. Good job

@emersonrocky8724 3 жыл бұрын

Pro trick: watch series on KaldroStream. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies lately.

@christopherbrennan5287 3 жыл бұрын

@Emerson Rocky definitely, I have been watching on kaldroStream for years myself :D

@HobsNobs 4 жыл бұрын

My immune system is already 20% above average then Dr said I must have an infection over the course or a year then he passed the buck to a haematologist who looked at my bloods over 15 years did lots of tests and said no infection no cancer it's just the way I am. I still get a cold once a year though but never had flu or mumps etc etc.

@michaelogden5958 4 жыл бұрын

Good talk! Wouldn't grinding up a bunch of worms and determining what they contain on a molecular level that is unusual in humans, or possibly examining *their* biomes, make more sense than intentionally infecting people?

@ifeoluwapoeleyinafe997 4 жыл бұрын

Complexity. You can't model the environment in your gut in the lab. Has to be done, for now, in vivo.

@jerrygundecker743 4 жыл бұрын

Gaaaawwwwd, am I sorry I tuned into this!

@fokkenhotz1 4 жыл бұрын

Shucks lady ThankYou too for plain English .edu por gratis and with compassion. thx thx thx.

@judith8161 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lecture on a very interesting topic. I could listen to her for hours iwithout ever getting tired or bored. The part about the "microbial soup" that is created in rooms with many people has since become common knowledge. I'm pretty sure that social distancing, hand sanitizers and FFP2 masks are decreasing the biodiversity in our microbiomes, for better or worse. As for my internal microbiome, I guess I'll have to eat more of those veggies I tend to omit because preparing them in a way that is tasty as well as healthy is just so much work. In the light of the spreading Omikron mutation of our great nemesis, having a healthy microbiome seems to be just as desirable as getting that third shot.

@eklim2034 4 жыл бұрын

not for all patients, but for all rich patients such as Jimmy Carter

@sergeikalashnikov556 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's Lupus

@NiksCro96 4 жыл бұрын

It's never lupus.

@geammanDW 4 жыл бұрын

That part about the poo treatment is gonna give me nightmares...

@snorungar70 4 жыл бұрын

HELP AMAZING POLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sanaadeeba5667 4 жыл бұрын

What is the relation between plant and immunology?

@sent4dc 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, but it probably needs a warning of some images being quite gross. (I'd sure be OK without seeing them.)

@adityasharma9423 4 жыл бұрын

Autoimmune sucks

@AnimeshSharma1977 4 жыл бұрын

Click baited thinking Gwyneth speakin Oz ;)

@alexoja2918 4 жыл бұрын

She looks like Ms. Pepper Potts

@HairyNumbNuts 4 жыл бұрын

The presenter leaps from idea to idea and starts explaining a process then suddenly leaps to a conclusion without explanations. I found this talk very disjointed and confusing.